/***********************************************************************
 * Copyright (c) 2004 Actuate Corporation.
 * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
 * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
 * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
 * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
 *
 * Contributors:
 * Actuate Corporation - initial API and implementation
 ***********************************************************************/

package org.eclipse.birt.chart.model.type;

import org.eclipse.birt.chart.model.component.Dial;
import org.eclipse.birt.chart.model.component.Needle;
import org.eclipse.birt.chart.model.component.Series;

/**
 * <!-- begin-user-doc -->
 * A representation of the model object '<em><b>Dial Series</b></em>'.
 * <!-- end-user-doc -->
 *
 * <!-- begin-model-doc -->
 * This is a Series type that holds data for Dial Charts.
 * <!-- end-model-doc -->
 *
 * <p>
 * The following features are supported:
 * <ul>
 *   <li>{@link org.eclipse.birt.chart.model.type.DialSeries#getDial <em>Dial</em>}</li>
 *   <li>{@link org.eclipse.birt.chart.model.type.DialSeries#getNeedle <em>Needle</em>}</li>
 * </ul>
 * </p>
 *
 * @see org.eclipse.birt.chart.model.type.TypePackage#getDialSeries()
 * @model extendedMetaData="name='DialSeries' kind='elementOnly'"
 * @generated
 */
public interface DialSeries extends Series
{

	/**
	 * Returns the value of the '<em><b>Dial</b></em>' containment reference.
	 * <!-- begin-user-doc -->
	 * <!-- end-user-doc -->
	 * <!-- begin-model-doc -->
	 * Specifies the Dial for this series
	 * <!-- end-model-doc -->
	 * @return the value of the '<em>Dial</em>' containment reference.
	 * @see #setDial(Dial)
	 * @see org.eclipse.birt.chart.model.type.TypePackage#getDialSeries_Dial()
	 * @model containment="true" required="true"
	 *        extendedMetaData="kind='element' name='Dial'"
	 * @generated
	 */
	Dial getDial( );

	/**
	 * Sets the value of the '{@link org.eclipse.birt.chart.model.type.DialSeries#getDial <em>Dial</em>}' containment reference.
	 * <!-- begin-user-doc -->
	 * <!-- end-user-doc -->
	 * @param value the new value of the '<em>Dial</em>' containment reference.
	 * @see #getDial()
	 * @generated
	 */
	void setDial( Dial value );

	/**
	 * Returns the value of the '<em><b>Needle</b></em>' containment reference.
	 * <!-- begin-user-doc -->
	 * <!-- end-user-doc -->
	 * <!-- begin-model-doc -->
	 * Defines the needle to be used in the Dial
	 * <!-- end-model-doc -->
	 * @return the value of the '<em>Needle</em>' containment reference.
	 * @see #setNeedle(Needle)
	 * @see org.eclipse.birt.chart.model.type.TypePackage#getDialSeries_Needle()
	 * @model containment="true" required="true"
	 *        extendedMetaData="kind='element' name='Needle'"
	 * @generated
	 */
	Needle getNeedle( );

	/**
	 * Sets the value of the '{@link org.eclipse.birt.chart.model.type.DialSeries#getNeedle <em>Needle</em>}' containment reference.
	 * <!-- begin-user-doc -->
	 * <!-- end-user-doc -->
	 * @param value the new value of the '<em>Needle</em>' containment reference.
	 * @see #getNeedle()
	 * @generated
	 */
	void setNeedle( Needle value );

	/**
	 * A convenient method to get an instance copy. This is much faster than the
	 * ECoreUtil.copy().
	 */
	DialSeries copyInstance( );

} // DialSeries
